Graham Palmer Sensei (5th Dan) of Norwich Shotokan Karate Club has been running a charity challenge in 2014, where your video challenge is posted on Facebook and you nominate a person or two of your choosing. The challenge consists of a continuous drill for 60, 40, 30, 20 and 10 Read more…
Congratulations to the following who passed their gradings in the June Kyu grading: Sebastian – 9th Kyu Katja – 7th Kyu Younnes – 6th Kyu Nigel – 5th Kyu Ed – 5th Kyu Harvey – 1st Kyu
SSKI sent a small squad of three to the 1st WTKO Ireland Championships in Dublin, hosted by Scott Langley Sensei 6th Dan. This event has in fact been running for a number of years but the first under the WTKO banner. Competitors came from across both Northern and Southern Ireland Read more…
Saturday 11th May saw over 20 senior grade Karateka come together to train with Simon Staples Sensei 6th Dan at SSKI’s London Dojo in Kings Cross. The overall theme of the course was utilising Shotokan’s basic template and making it applicable in various kumite environments and ranges, by making subtle Read more…
SSKI sent a strong squad to the 2014 Legend Open Championships in March and came away with a string of excellent individual performances and great medal tally. The event was the largest in it’s history with over 200 junior competitors and the Men’s Senior events boasting fields of over 50. SSKI’s Read more…
Well done to the following students who passed their grading in March Harvey – 2nd Kyu Ed – 6th Kyu Luke – 6th Kyu Terry – 7th Kyu Younis – 7th Kyu Katja – 8th Kyu We also said goodbye to Terry that evening who was heading back to the Read more…
The London Dojo had a very successful end to 2013, with two batches of students passing their respective gradings without a single student failing. Firstly, on Saturday 7th December 2013, four London students passed their respective Dan gradings in front of a panel headed by Malcolm Phipps Sensei (8th Dan). Read more…
SSKI London would like to offer its congratulations to Simon Staples Sensei on the awarding of his well deserved 6th dan grade at the recent TKMA open instructors course. I have trained with Simon for a number of years and his influence has helped shape my approach to martial arts Read more…
To 8th Kyu (orange belt) – Ed Gomez To 8th Kyu (orange belt) – Terry Enlow To 7th Kyu (yellow belt) – Nigel Praetes To 7th Kyu (yellow belt) – Luke Oxlade We’ll done to the four successful Karateka!
Seishinkai London hosted a four hour Open Kata Bunkai Course with Iain Abernethy Sensei (6th Dan) on Sunday 1st September. For the opening 2 hours Sensei focused on using the Heian Kata to demonstrate his thoughts on kata bunkai, including the use of angles, using both sides of the body Read more…